The Society of the Cincinnati and Exemplarity in Late 18th-Century America

IF 0.3 3区 历史学 0 CLASSICS
POLIS Pub Date : 2023-02-06 DOI:10.1163/20512996-12340395
Daniel J. Kapust
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Abstract

Drawing on Rex Stem’s analysis of exempla, I explore Mercy Otis Warren and John Marshall’s narrations of the Society of the Cincinnati, and Washington’s place within it, to draw out the lessons they sought to impart. Beginning with an exploration of Cincinnatus’ exemplum in antiquity, its relationship to late 18th-century portrayals of Washington, and its invocation in the establishment of the Society of the Cincinnati, I also discuss the exemplum by a prominent critic of the Society of the Cincinnati, Aedanus Burke. I then turn to Warren and Marshall’s accounts of the Cincinnati. I do so with a particular focus on how a single exemplary American – George Washington – is depicted in two different ways, exemplifying two different sets of moral teaching. I conclude by suggesting that Warren, Marshall, and Burke’s battle over the exemplum of Cincinnatus is a battle over the moral ordering of America’s future.
18世纪晚期美国的辛辛那提协会与典范
根据雷克斯·斯特恩(Rex Stem)对范例的分析,我探究了默西·奥蒂斯·沃伦(Mercy Otis Warren)和约翰·马歇尔(John Marshall)对辛辛那提协会(Society of the Cincinnati)的叙述,以及华盛顿在其中的地位,从中汲取他们试图传授的教训。从探索辛辛那提在古代的典范开始,它与18世纪晚期对华盛顿的描绘的关系,以及它在辛辛那提协会建立中的引用,我还讨论了辛辛那提协会的一位著名评论家Aedanus Burke的范例。然后我转向沃伦和马歇尔对辛辛那提号的描述。我特别关注的是如何用两种不同的方式来描绘一个典型的美国人——乔治·华盛顿,这是两套不同的道德教育的例证。我的结论是,沃伦、马歇尔和伯克围绕辛辛纳图斯范例的斗争,是一场围绕美国未来道德秩序的斗争。
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